there doesn't seem to be a lot of wiggle room here, but speaker john boehner sounded a bit optimistic. >> i've outlined a framework for how both parties can work together to avert the fiscal cliff, without raising tax rates. >> a few have looked closely what the president have had to say, have looked closely at what i have had to say. there are no barriers here to sitting down and beginning to work through this process. >> the president says under his plan, 98% of americans won't see their taxes. 97% of those small businesses won't be impacted at all. and while the president believes that there's room to close some of these loopholes, to have some tax reform, he doesn't believe that there's enough there to make up $1 trillion. and that there needs to be a comprehensive approach, so that middle class americans won't be impacted. john? >> dan, the president also talked about the petraeus investigation. what's he saying about that right now? >> and this was the first time that the president has weighed in on this publicly. he had very kind words for general petraeus and his service, not only i